Day: October 13, 2005

Describe the authentication that is available for various file service protocols: AFP, SMB, NFS, FTP/SFTP? Which protocol supports which kind of authentication? Which file sharing protocols are browsable by which service discovery protocols? Is the authentication sent encrypted? Is the data encrypted?

AFP – authentication is normally encrypted; data is not encrypted; browsable via Bonjour & SLP SMB – authentication is normally encrypted; data is not encrypted; browsable via NetBOIS NFS –…

Describe the managed preferences order priority. Scenario is: dock positioned on one side for user, other side for group, bottom for computer. Describe the behavior of what happens when a remote user logs in with managed preferences. What takes priority and how does the OS handle this for preferences that are override?

For managed preferences where the user, group, and computer have different preferences managed, the behavior for each preference is either: inherit, override, or combine. The logic is that each preference…